16 Best history books like Albert Einstein: A Biography by Ewald Osers, Albrecht Fölsing

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Albert Einstein: A Biography

By: Ewald Osers , Albrecht Fölsing

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

"(Folsing) provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archiva…

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By: Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Written initially to guide his son, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a lively, spellbinding acc… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"Never confuse Motion with Action."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"When the well is dry we know the value of water"

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

"...there will be sleeping enough in the grave...."

-Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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3. A Beautiful Mind

By: Sylvia Nasar

4.13

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • science
"Nash was respected but not well liked."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"A genius with a penis. Isn’t that what we all want?"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"His heroes were solitary thinkers and supermen like Newton and Nietzsche."

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

"Hey Nash! You scared?' 'Terrified,mortified,petrified...stupefied by you!"

-Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

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4. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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5. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

By: Ashlee Vance

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Hardcover

In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist As… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • science
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6. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin

By: H.W. Brands

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a my… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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7. Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America

By: Garry Wills

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In a masterly work, Garry Wills shows how Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Steve Jobs

By: Walter Isaacson

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From best-selling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Job… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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9. Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

By: Jon Lee Anderson

3.73

Format: None pages,

From the back of the book: "Acclaimed around the world and a national best-seller, this is the defi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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10. Cleopatra: A Life

By: Stacy Schiff

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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11. Gandhi: A Life

By: Yogesh Chadha

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gandhi: A Life reveals the transformation of an ordinary, timid young man, into a leader, whose sta… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Albert Einstein: A Biography

By: Ewald Osers , Albrecht Fölsing

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

"(Folsing) provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archiva… read more

Similar categories in Ewald Osers's Albert Einstein: A Biography book and Ewald Osers's Albert Einstein: A Biography

  • history
  • biography
  • literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
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13. Long Walk To Freedom (Volume 1: 1918-1962)

By: Nelson Mandela

3.82

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

From his birth in a village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Transkei to his politicisation … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X

4.36

Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"We all like chicken"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"

-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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15. iCon: Steve Jobs, the Greatest Second Act in the History of Business

By: William L. Simon , Jeffrey S. Young

3.50

Format: None pages,

iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari

3.77

Format: None pages,

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

17. With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln

By: Stephen B. Oates

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"Full, fair, and accurate. . . . Certainly the most objective biography of Lincoln ever written." -… read more

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18. Lincoln

By: David Herbert Donald

4.19

Format: 714 pages, Paperback

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

19. Swami Vivekananda on Himself

By: Vivekananda

3.71

Format: 234 pages,

This book is a documentation of selected notes and utterances of Swamiji about himself and his work… read more

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20. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

By: Barack Obama

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voic… read more

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21. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Clayborne Carson , Martin Luther King Jr.

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpubl… read more

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22. A. Lincoln

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.30

Format: 816 pages, Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Chr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

23. Leonardo da Vinci

By: Walter Isaacson

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more

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24. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World

By: Louis Fischer

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This is the extraordinary story of how one man's indomitable spirit inspired a nation to triumph ov… read more

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25. Einstein: The Life and Times

By: Ronald William Clark

3.89

Format: None pages,

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY Albert Einstein was far more than the physicist who confidently claimed th… read more

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26. Einstein: His Life and Universe

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages,

By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive… read more

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27. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

By: Walter Isaacson

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more

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28. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By: Barack Obama

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Audacity of Hopeis Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics--a politics that builds upon … read more

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29. The Life of Abraham Lincoln

By: Henry Ketcham

4.28

Format: None pages,

According to Wikipedia: "Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 aEUR" April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth… read more

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30. The Story of My Experiments With Truth

By: Mahatma Gandhi

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most inspiring figures of our time. In his classic autobiography h… read more

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31. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more

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  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • physics
  • science
"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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Ron Chernow

4.16

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Benjamin Franklin , None

3.86

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A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

4.13

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Phil Knight

4.47

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Paulo Coelho , Alan R. Clarke , James Noel Smith

3.91

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Charles Duhigg

4.13

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Mark Manson , None

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